The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-20
In HARD LUCK.
a Dramatic Company MObbed by In,
furiGted ROughs.
Missouri Pacific Train Dumped Into
. Snow Drift.
An Innocent American Hanged In Brit
iBh Columbia for Murder.
m. Wilson Hanged at NOrustOwD
for Numbering Farmer.
The Army Bill Still Hanging Fire in
the RelchsIag.

the holcnSLaS.
ToLoNo, Ill, Jan. IA dramatic COM
pany from Kansas CIIY gave an entertain
menI At Tie ci,y nall last night, aud ~ the
close OF the performance y number Vi
rough characters demanded the return oI
their money, and not getting It, the man
ager ana members Of the comp any Wer.
set upon by the tOuEhs anu snameiullS
bsaLen. Adam German pursued one u
Ihe men hall . square, and lew minutes
later ne was found with MIS- lett arm spill
open and fearful cash near the breast.
The mot then pursued the company 70 the
Marion house, where officers defended
them from their assAlIanIs. Germans In
jurIes are pG0babi y fatal.
A DASrAkDLY ASSAULT.
PINE BLUE, ARR, dan. l2.-Ag Jack
Sweeney. . veteran locomotive engineer oil
me 81. Louls, Arkansas u IexAs road, Was
walking up Lake streeL from his resi-
osnoc aiteE dark, couple OF negroes &C
costed hlm with the saluLnIiOi, snow We
have COS you" They then fired three
shols, one OF which took eject In the jaw,
the bali ranging 10 the back OF the ear
The party Immediately hed and have not
been identified or arrested. As the old
gentleman u . highly respected citizen,
such = WAnton ana dAstardiy assault has
created great excitement, especially
among the railroad people.
A JUDICIAL MURDER.
OTTAWA, OnL., Jan. l2.-RoDert Evans
6prOulo was hanged In Victoria, British
Columbia tor the alleged murder OF ThOs.
keaLInG in koogOnAy on June LIST, 1885
bpraule was al American citizen and = ~
tive OF Weeks' MIlIs, Maine. While on
rial he endeavored to es. q Sllsh an abb
but owing totne absence OF his Witnesses
In Oregon and beng unable 70 procure
their attendance ne partly failed. Alter the
lTiAl the chief Witnef tor the prosecution,
one Charles Wolf, made affldavIEt IN one
form that the evidence given BY him ct the
rtslG was false and the American consul a.
Victoria reported, LOthe lieutenant governor
OF British Columbia that after an investi-
CATION he believed the prisoner
innocent. A stay Of execu
ton was asked by Secretary BayATd in
order that new evidence might be taken
BY the prisoners counsel going TO show
that II was impossible tor HIM TO have
b,en Ia q position 70 commit the
crime. This application tle gov
eminent refused. Developments go
20 show that the judicial murder of an
innocent man WAS Committed in the hang
INK OL opfOulos Inc Wllnosb VINO WAS
wanted 10 establish an alibi at the time
Of the hearing was Henry Beatty. = miner
but despite the efforts OF the counsel he
could not be found but early in Deem
Der last he turned up In San Francisco
and went before d judge Of competent
Jurisdiction and made an affidavit 20 tho
effect that he was with Sproule on the day
OF the murder al = place fifteen miles
from the scene OF the crime. APP
ali ma d. h. mia Va
counsel tor q rule nlsi before Justice Hen
~ OF the supreme court here, asking for q
writ OF ha0eas corpus, or an alternative
for the discharge Of the condemned man.
The writ was granted but disObeyed by
the sheriff, and An application was then
made for an unconditional discharge Of the
prisoner, which was granted. This order
was paid no attention TO and Sproule was
hanged. Papers showing his innocence
beyond gu sLton were tled Yesterday with
the secre airy If sia ate hare, and u brother OF
the dead man, Frank Spr0ule, has IN
str lcied his counsel here to bring suit
again-t tne province of British Columbia
for 35O, 900 damages, 10 consequence of
the wrongful execution of his brother,
Against an absolute order Of the supreme
court
JENNIE HEDRICK SENTENCED.
KANSAS ITY, Jan. Is Jennie He'd
rick, convicted Of murder a. an accessory
after the fact, was sentenced to-day 10
three mon'hs'imprisOnmen In the county
Jail and 900 nne.
ASK TO BE DISCHARGED.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1.-The Hamilton
Jury at WyAndotte has formerly asked TO
be discharged on the ground that any
verdict At this late day would be the re-
suit Of coercion. The court has not yet
acted upon the petition.
MORE DYNAMITE FOUND.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 13.-The police
authorities report the finding Of Q dyna-
mite bomb In one Of the sewers. The
superstition by the police Ia that the
bomb was prepared for use by the sirik-
ing street car men, but fearing detection
e was thrown into the sewer.
REMANDRD FOR TRIAL.
KANsA5 CITY, Jan. ia Times Ne
braskA City, Nebraska, special says that
Hoffman and Bell, the men arrested yes
teTday on suspicion Of having caused the
Dunbar wreck, were remanded to-day
for hearing on Saturday. The evidence
against them does not appear very
strong. No further arrests have been
made.
D1 Wits REMAINS.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 13.-Jhe remains
Of Engineer De witt, the Victim Of the
Dunbar, Meb., wreck, were brought &C
Wyandolte to-day. The funeral services
were held this afternoon and the body
was taken to New York Tonight for in